A number of carriers that had not previously settled, are set to defend a multi-billion dollar class action in the US that they colluded to fix prices on international air freight services, after a New York court set a trial date for the claim to 8 January 2016. Air New Zealand, Air China Cargo, Air India and Polar Air Cargo and its parent Atlas Air Worldwide, failed in an application to end the claim on Monday after a hearing in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, in … [Read more...] about Carriers set to defend cartel claims in US court
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Air cargo hits worst growth, revenue for 2015 in July
July 2015 was a rather flat month in the air cargo market with volume growth of only 0.7 per cent – the worst month recorded in terms of growth and revenue for 2015, according to World ACD. In previous years, July was much better than June, but not so this year, World ACD noted. The origin Africa again grew most (+6.2 per cent in volume) thanks to increased business to the Middle East and South Asia (MESA) and within Africa. Europe again followed, this time with a 2.7 per cent volume … [Read more...] about Air cargo hits worst growth, revenue for 2015 in July
Agility opens pharma competence centre in Brazil
Agility, a leading global logistics provider, has opened a Pharmaceutical Competence Centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The dedicated facility will offer pharma companies world-class solutions and industry know-how in pharmaceutical and life sciences logistics, the company said. The Agility Pharmaceutical Competence Center is managed by Agility experts trained in the benchmark Good Distribution Practice (GDP) standards developed by the World Health Organisation and European Union. Strict adherence … [Read more...] about Agility opens pharma competence centre in Brazil
China slowdown feeds cargo contraction
Unlike the record high growth rates in global passenger numbers – up nearly eight per cent for the month of July – airfreight volumes were fl at with respect to year-over-year growth for the month, according to the latest statistics from Airports Council International (ACI). A slowdown in key emerging markets such as China, as well as oil producing economies, translated into weakness in other sectors of the economy. Th e strong correlation between changes in air freight volumes and the … [Read more...] about China slowdown feeds cargo contraction
China Southern launches e-commerce platform
Guangzhou-based China Southern Airlines has introduced a new crossborder e-commerce platform – Southern Cross-Border Purchase, through which Chinese consumers can purchase goods on-line in overseas markets, including the US, Japan, Australia and New Zealand and ship them on the carrier’s global network to China. According to a report in the WCARN news service, China Southern’s cargo department has, from earlier this year, been working with cross-border e-commerce operators and overseas … [Read more...] about China Southern launches e-commerce platform
All set for celebration!
Here at Payload Asia it’s a been a very busy time as we prepare for our annual Awards and Conference event. As you read this the results of our annual Awards programme will be shortly announced and certainly as I write this the results are all in – both online voting in the Customer Choice and also from the industry-judging panel in the Industry Choice Awards. Again this year the results have confi rmed that the Payload Asia Awards continues to set the benchmark amongst our industry peers … [Read more...] about All set for celebration!
